Telegram-herald., 1887-12-27

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be haT.ng overheard tse Cs2lsd<Fate gea-
erals Ia = conversation, IL baiea tbey ds-
ee1ed % EasTch for tie1ryso1rg instead of
Harrisburg and tbs. reFcrtez - Governor
Curtin, the FEDERAL forces st2rted - nee-
t1slr oFPoaeats st tetEyso4rE. And rAs
child Of toazy Is % decide al t1s great bat
tles, make al ths LsFs, settis Al tbs desti-
MES and usher "a ths worlds salvation or
destruction Men, women, n2tioEs, all earth
AID ali hsayen, behold tbs ehisa Is there
any velvet % soft ss : caiias cnsek, Is there
any say 50 blue as q ehlds egel Is theirs any
music 80 50 set as Z cAxa's xSicei Is tAere
any plume 50 way IS a ciid's hairs
Notice aiso that ia tbs Bibls night scene
God hon0red scicnce. Who are the three
wise men kneelins before tie divine infsntf
Not boers. 10 igHoratnuses, oat Caspsr, Bel
thasar and 3leiehi0r, msn wno knew al that
was 70 bs known. They we're the isaac New
tons and Hsrschels and FSradays q their
time. Their alchemy was tie Torerunner of
our sabliIne chemistry, their astroiogy ths
mother og cur mas saincent astronomy, They
bad studied stars, si-ld ~ metals, studied
physiology, studded evsfy ,tnng. And when
ses these scientists bowIng before the beautiful
babe. | see fhe prophecy OF the time when al
the telescopes aud microscopes, and ali tbs
Lsyden Jars, and AL the electric batteries,
andeaa the obsery2torisS, and all tie
universities shall bOw 10 Jesus. Ii is much
that way already. Where is the college that
does not have morning prayers, thus bowing
at the mangeri Who have been the greatest
physicians. Onsltting tae names OF the liy-
ing, lest We should 30 invidious, have ne not
had among them Christian men like our own
Joseph c. Hutchinson, and Rush, and Nalca-
tine Mott, and Abercroinbie, and Abernethyi
Who have been our greatest scisptiStsi Jo-
seph Henry, who lived and died IN the faith
OF the Gospel, and Agassiz, who, standing
with his students among the hills, took or
his hat and said, young gentlemen, before
We study these rocks let US pray for wisdom
TO the God who made the rocks" To-
day the greatest doctors and lawyers
OF BROOKLYN and Rev York, and OF all
this land, and OF all lands, revere the Chris
tian religion, and are not ashamed 10 say so
before iuries and legislatures and Senates.
All geology win yet bow before the Rock OF
Ages An botany viii yet worship the Rose
of sharon. All astronomy will yet recognize
the Star OF Bethlehem And physiology aud
anatomy viii join hands and say, We must
by the help of God get the human race up 70
the perfect nerve, and perfect muscle, and
perfect brain, and perfect form of that per-
feet child before whom nigh twenty hundred
years ago Caspar, and BelthaSar, and Mel
chior bent their tired knees in worship.
Behold also ia that first Christmas night
that God hOaored the fields. Come in, shep-
herd BOYS. to Bethlehem and see the child.
'sNo," they say; I'VE are not dressed good
enough to come in" 'Yes, you are, come
i'm Sure enough, the storms and the nigh.
dew and the brambles have made rough work
with their apparel, but none hayo better
right to como in. They were the first to hear
the music of that Christmas night. The first
announcement OF q Saviours bi.th was Inads
10 those men in the fields. There were wise
acres that night in Bethlehem a0d jerusalem
snoring in deep sleep, and there were SAL
ing Of it afterward, may have thought
tSat they ought TO have had the first news of
such a great event, some one 'disrnounting
from swift camel at their door and knock
ing till az some sentinel's question, "Who
comes therel' the great ones of the palace
might have been told of the celestial arrival.
No; the shepherds heard the first two bars Of
the music, the first in the major key and the
lor fhec fr.( 4
in the highest, and on earth peace, good will
to mem" All, yes; the fields were honored.
Behold also that on that Christmas night
God honored motherhood Two angels on
their wings might have brought an infant
Saviour to Bethlehem without Mary's being
there at all When the villagers, on the
morning Of Dec. %, awoke, by a divine ar
rangement and in some unexplained way,
the child Jesus snight have been found IN
some comfortable cradle of tho village But
no, mol Motherhood for oil time was TO be
consecrated, and one of the tenderest rela-
tious was to be the maternal relation, and
one of the sweetest words mother" In all
ages God has honored good motherhood.
John Wesley had good mother, ST. Bernard
had good mother, Samuel Budget good
mother, Doddridge a good mother, Walter
Scott good mother, Benjamin West good
mother. In a great audience, most Of
whom were Christians, / asked that all those
who had been blessed of Christian mothers
arise, and almost the entire assembly stood
up. Don't you see how important it is that
all motherhood be consecretedl Why did
Titan, the Italian artist, when he skstched
tho Madonna, max. it an Italian facet Why
did Rubens, the German artist, in his Madon-
na, make i. German facet Why did Joshua
Reynolds, the English artist, in his Madonna,
make it an English facet Why did MurillO,
the Spanish artist, in his Madonna, make 1t a
l Spanish facet | never heard, but 1 think
they took their own mothers as the type OF
Mary the mother OF Christ. When YOU hear
some one in sermon or Grafton speak IN
the abstract OF a good, faithful, hon
est mother, your eyes fiji up With
tears while you say to yourself, that was ny
mother. The first word child utters is apt
to be ''Mother.r ard the old man IN his dying
dream calls, Mother motherl" It matters
not whether she was brought Up In the SIR
rO1ndings Of a city and in aftlueut home.
and was dressed appropriately with refer
encs 70 the demands Of modern lie, ct
/ whether she wore the old-time cap and
I great round spectacies and apron of her
I own make and knit your socks with her own
Beesilss seated by the broad fireplace, with
Z great hack log abiaze On a winter
night r matters not how many wrinkles
I crossed and recrosscd her face. OF how much
+ her shoulders stoouad with tha burdens Ct a
I long life. if you painted a Madonna hers
7 would be the face. What gentle hand she
+ had when ve were sick. and what voice to
z soothe pan. and was there any one who
Z coaid 50 dIl u2 a room with peace. and
/ purity. and iightl And what q sad day that
| was szhar He csa.la En.na al1 Sc enid c-reef